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Miguel A. Esteruelas

Miguel A. Esteruelas

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Chemistry

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83
Citations
22102
World Ranking
2980
National Ranking
71

Overview

Miguel A. Esteruelas is affiliated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within materials science and chemistry, with extensive contributions to subfields such as materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The scientist's scholarly output frequently appears in prominent publication venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Their main research themes focus on:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

Among their recent publications are the following:

  • "Alternative Conceptual Approach to the Design of Bifunctional Catalysts: An Osmium Germylene System for the Dehydrogenation of Formic Acid" (2021), published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Recent Advances in Synthesis of Molecular Heteroleptic Osmium and Iridium Phosphorescent Emitters" (2021), published in European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Homogeneous catalysis with polyhydride complexes" (2022), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Direct C−H Borylation of Arenes Catalyzed by Saturated Hydride-Boryl-Iridium-POP Complexes: Kinetic Analysis of the Elemental Steps" (2020), published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Osmium- and Iridium-Promoted C-H Bond Activation of 2,2'-Bipyridines and Related Heterocycles: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Preferences" (2020), published in Organometallics

Collaborative work features coauthors such as Enrique Oñate, Montserrat Oliván, Ana M. López, Jui-Yi Tsai, and Pierre-Luc Boudreault, indicating a network of frequent academic partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Transition metal liquid crystals: advanced materials within the reach of the coordination chemist

    Pablo Espinet;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Luis A. Oro;José Luis Serrano

  • Five- and six-coordinate hydrido(carbonyl)-ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) complexes containing triisopropylphosphine as ligand

    M.A. Esteruelas;H. Werner

  • Dihydrogen Complexes as Homogeneous Reduction Catalysts

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Luis A. Oro

  • Preparation, Structure, and Ethylene Polymerization Behavior of Bis(imino)pyridyl Chromium(III) Complexes

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Ana M. López;Luis Méndez;Montserrat Oliván

  • Insertion reactions of the 16-electron complexes MHCl(CO)[P(CHMe2)3]2 (M = Ru, Os) with alkynes. The x-ray crystal structure of [(E)-PhCH:CHOs(Cl)(CO)[P(CHMe2)3]2

    Helmut. Werner;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Heiko. Otto

  • Synthesis, reactivity, molecular structure, and catalytic activity of the novel dichlorodihydridoosmium(IV) complexes OsH2Cl2(Pr3)2 (Pr3 = P-i-Pr3, PMe-t-Bu2)

    M. Aracama;M. A. Esteruelas;F. J. Lahoz;J. A. Lopez

  • Selective hydrogenation of 1-alkynes to alkenes catalyzed by an iron(II) cis-hydride .eta.2-dihydrogen complex. A case of intramolecular reaction between .eta.2-H2 and .sigma.-vinyl ligands

    Claudio Bianchini;Andrea Meli;Maurizio Peruzzini;Piero Frediani

  • Osmium–carbon double bonds: Formation and reactions

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Ana M. López;Montserrat Oliván

  • Kinetic and mechanistic investigation of the sequential hydrogenation of phenylacetylene catalyzed by OsHCl(CO)(PR3)2 [PR3 = PMe-tert-Bu2 and P-i-Pr3]

    Antida Andriollo;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Uwe Meyer;Luis A. Oro

  • Direct Access to POP-Type Osmium(II) and Osmium(IV) Complexes: Osmium a Promising Alternative to Ruthenium for the Synthesis of Imines from Alcohols and Amines

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Nicole Honczek;Montserrat Oliván;Enrique Oñate

  • Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles to the Allenylidene Ligand of [Ru(η5-C5H5)(CCCPh2)(CO)(PiPr3)]BF4: Synthesis of New Organic Ligands by Formal C−C Coupling between Mutually Inert Fragments

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Angel V. Gómez;Ana M. López;and Javier Modrego

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene−Osmium Complexes for Olefin Metathesis Reactions

    Ricardo Castarlenas;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Enrique Oñate

  • Osmium Catalyst for the Borrowing Hydrogen Methodology: α-Alkylation of Arylacetonitriles and Methyl Ketones

    María L. Buil;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Juana Herrero;Susana Izquierdo

  • Five-Coordinate Complex [RuHCl(CO)(PPri3)2] as a Precursor for the Preparation of New Cyclopentadienylruthenium Compounds Containing Unsaturated η1-Carbon Ligands†

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Angel V. Gómez;Fernando J. Lahoz;Ana M. López

  • Stabilization of NH tautomers of quinolines by osmium and ruthenium.

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Francisco J. Fernández-Álvarez;Enrique Oñate

  • Polyhydrides of Platinum Group Metals: Nonclassical Interactions and σ-Bond Activation Reactions

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Ana M. López;Montserrat Oliván

  • Reactions of a Hexahydride-Osmium Complex with Aldehydes: Double C−Hα Activation−Decarbonylation and Single C−Hα Activation−Hydroxylation Tandem Processes and Catalytic Tishchenko Reactions

    Pilar Barrio;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Enrique Oñate

  • Synthesis of new hydride-carbyne and hydride-vinylcarbyne complexes of osmium(II) by reaction of OsH2Cl2(P-iso-Pr3)2 with terminal alkynes

    Jesus Espuelas;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Fernando J. Lahoz;Luis A. Oro

  • Preparation and characterization of an isometallabenzene with the structure of a 1,2,4-cyclohexatriene.

    Pilar Barrio;Miguel A. Esteruelas;Enrique Onate

  • An Osmium-Carbene Complex with Fischer−Schrock Ambivalent Behavior

    Miguel A. Esteruelas;Ana I. González;and Ana M. López;Enrique Oñate

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrique Oñate
Enrique Oñate Spanish National Research Council
Luis A. Oro
Luis A. Oro University of Zaragoza
Montserrat Oliván
Montserrat Oliván University of Zaragoza
Ana M. López
Ana M. López University of Zaragoza
Fernando J. Lahoz
Fernando J. Lahoz University of Zaragoza
Helmut Werner
Helmut Werner University of Würzburg
Israel Fernández
Israel Fernández Complutense University of Madrid
Agustí Lledós
Agustí Lledós Autonomous University of Barcelona
Natividad Ruiz
Natividad Ruiz The Ohio State University
José Luis Serrano
José Luis Serrano Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies

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